Police hope weekend revellers in Ashton under Lyne may provide clues about the killers of DJ Stephen Amos.

The 21-year-old, of Longsight, Manchester, died after being shot in the stomach at about 1am last Monday outside Bexx Bar in Old Cross Street.

A 25-year-old friend was wounded and is in hospital. More than 100 people are believed to have been leaving the club after last orders when the attack took place.

Detectives will be questioning visitors to the town's bars tonight and tomorrow night in an attempt to trace witnesses.

They will circulate posters and leaflets carrying Stephen's photograph in the hope of jogging people's memories.

Stephen - known to many as ''Tunde'' - was with family and friends when he was targeted as he left Bexx Bar.

Police are trying to establish a motive for the attack on the DJ and amateur footballer, who was a friend of Manchester United star Wes Brown.

'Unusual incident'

Det Supt Kevin Duffy, leading the investigation, said: ''Stephen was a well-known DJ and footballer and will have known people who belong to gangs, but we have no reason to believe that this was a gangland killing.

''This was an unusual incident for the Ashton area and it has shocked the community.''

He said extra police would be on the town's streets while the crime is investigated.

Bexx Bar is believed to have been a favourite Sunday night haunt of Stephen's. Bar manager Carl Phythian said: ''I was clearing the club after last orders when there was a commotion outside.

''Stephen came stumbling in before collapsing on the floor.''

Detectives are trying to discover the movements of a people carrier which may be connected to the murder. The Mitsubishi Space Star - registration W575 WAD - was seen travelling the wrong way along one-way Old Street seconds after the shooting.

They also want to speak to the driver of a black cab which passed the vehicle and the woman driver of another people carrier in the area at the time.